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Originally Posted by Nowhere Man
1) Come up with new main-event angles. For almost ten years now, there have only been two recurring scenarios for the World Title scene: babyface champion vs. evil authority figure and his cronies, or upstart babyface challenger vs. Triple H. Bring at least a half-dozen people to the status of potential-champion at all times, so we don't have to see the same 2 or 3 again and again, and give us something we haven't seen before.
2) Lift the in-ring restrictions. TNA is still a good ways behind WWE in terms of viewers, but a lot of what they're doing is starting to strike a chord, and it sure as hell ain't Russo's booking. There's a market for actual honest-to-God pro wrestling again, and Vince and his boys are largely ignoring it. WWE still has some of the best wrestlers on the planet working for them; if they're allowed to do what they're capable of doing, they could leave TNA in the dust for good.
This would also include an easier schedule, to avoid so many injuries.
3) Stop worrying about mainstream appeal. Wrestling has been out of the mainstream limelight for years now, and yet Vince is still begging for their attention. Bringing in C-List celebrities like Kevin Federline, pulling shock-value angles like the Billy/Chuck gay wedding and Katie Vick, exploiting the death of Eddie Guerrero, all done to appeal to a casual audience that stopped caring years ago. Quit grasping at straws and do what you can to keep the fans you still have.
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These are single handedly, the best ideas I have read in this thread.
These would go a long way to helping save WWE.
In #2, I'd add something along the lines of forcing creative to try a little harder to put back up the "fourth wall". Even if people know pro wrestling is scripted, they don't have to make it so blatantly obvious. There was a little bit of believability in things like Mike Tyson challenging Stone Cold Steve Austin... and I think it was that event that makes WWE think they can bring in K-Fed, and do all this other crap. People see K-Fed and just know he's gonna get F-Ued before he even does anything. That's lame.